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Shu Q, Zhou J, Zhang B, Zhang F, Zhou X, Wu Y, Chang H, Hu L, Cai R, Yu Q. Electroacupuncture alleviates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus neurons projecting to the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Eur J Neurosci 2024. [PMID: 39054660 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that electroacupuncture (EA) has obvious therapeutic effects and unique advantages in alleviating myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI), while the underlying neuromolecular mechanisms of EA intervention for MIRI have not been fully elucidated. The aim of the study is to investigate the role of the neural pathway of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) neurons projecting to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in the alleviation of MIRI rats by EA preconditioning. MIRI models were established by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min followed by reperfusion for 2 h. Electrocardiogram recording, chemogenetics, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, multichannel physiology recording and haematoxylin-eosin and immunofluorescence staining methods were conducted to demonstrate that the firing frequencies of neurons in the PVN and the expression of c-Fos decreased by EA pretreatment. Meanwhile, EA preconditioning significantly reduced the levels of creatine kinase isoenzymes (CK-MB), cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH). Virus tracing showed a projection connection between PVN and RVLM. The inhibition of the PVN-RVLM neural pathway could replicate the protective effect of EA pretreatment on MIRI rats. However, the activation of the pathway weakened the effect of EA preconditioning. EA pretreatment alleviated MIRI by regulating PVN neurons projecting to RVLM. This work provides novel evidence of EA pretreatment for alleviating MIRI.
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- Qi Shu
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Meridian, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Meridian, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Meridian Viscera Correlationship, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- Center for Xin'an Medicine and Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute for Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Meridian, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Meridian Viscera Correlationship, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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Adrenomedullin in paraventricular nucleus attenuates adipose afferent reflex and sympathoexcitation via receptors mediated nitric oxide-gamma-aminobutyric acid A type receptor pathway in rats with obesity-related hypertension. J Hypertens 2023; 41:233-245. [PMID: 36583351 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000003301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is an important central site for the control of the adipose afferent reflex (AAR) that increases sympathetic outflow and blood pressure in obesity-related hypertension (OH). METHOD In this study, we investigated the effects of nitric oxide (NO) and cardiovascular bioactive polypeptide adrenomedullin (ADM) in the PVN on AAR and sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in OH rats induced by a high-fat diet. RESULTS The results showed that ADM, total neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) and phosphorylated-nNOS protein expression levels in the PVN of the OH rats were down-regulated compared to the control rats. The enhanced AAR in OH rats was attenuated by PVN acute application of NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), but was strengthened by the nNOS inhibitor nNOS-I, guanylyl cyclase inhibitor (1H-[1,2,4]Oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one, ODQ) and gamma-aminobutyric acid A type receptor (GABAA) antagonist Bicuculline. Moreover, PVN ADM microinjection not only decreased basal SNA but also attenuated the enhanced AAR in OH rats, which were effectively inhibited by ADM receptor antagonist ADM22-52, nNOS-I, ODQ or Bicuculline pretreatment. Bilateral PVN acute microinjection of ADM also caused greater increases in NO and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels, and nNOS phosphorylation. Adeno-associated virus vectors encoding ADM (AAV-ADM) transfection in the PVN of OH rats not only decreased the elevated AAR, basal SNA and blood pressure (BP), but also increased the expression and activation of nNOS. Furthermore, AAV-ADM transfection improved vascular remodeling in OH rats. CONCLUSION Taken together, our data highlight the roles of ADM in improving sympathetic overactivation, enhanced AAR and hypertension, and its related mechanisms associated with receptors mediated NO-cGMP-GABAA pathway in OH condition.
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O'Leary DS, Mannozzi J, Augustyniak RA, Ichinose M, Spranger MD. Hypertension depresses arterial baroreflex control of both heart rate and cardiac output during rest, exercise, and metaboreflex activation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022; 323:R720-R727. [PMID: 36121147 PMCID: PMC9602692 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00093.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Rapid regulation of arterial blood pressure on a beat-by-beat basis occurs primarily via arterial baroreflex control of cardiac output (CO) via rapid changes in heart rate (HR). Previous studies have shown that changes in HR do not always cause changes in CO, because stroke volume may vary. Whether these relationships are altered in hypertension is unknown. Using the spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (SBRS) approach, we investigated whether baroreflex control of HR and CO were impaired after the induction of hypertension in conscious, chronically instrumented canines at rest, during mild exercise, and during exercise with metaboreflex activation (induced via reductions in hindlimb blood flow) both before and after induction of hypertension (induced via a modified Goldblatt approach-unilateral reduction in renal blood flow to ∼30% of control values until systolic pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and a diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mmHg for >30 days). After induction of hypertension, SBRS control of both HR and CO was reduced in all settings. In control, only about 50% of SBRS changes in HR caused changes in CO. This pattern was sustained in hypertension. Thus, in hypertension, the reduced SBRS in the control of HR caused reduced SBRS control of CO and this likely contributes to the increased incidence of orthostatic hypotension seen in hypertensive patients.
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- Donal S O'Leary
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Human Integrative Physiology Laboratory, School of Business Administration, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Brostek A, Hong NJ, Zhang R, Forester BR, Barmore LE, Kaydo L, Kluge N, Smith C, Garvin JL, Gonzalez‐Vicente A. Independent effects of sex and stress on fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension. Physiol Rep 2022; 10:e15489. [PMID: 36200315 PMCID: PMC9535342 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Proximal tubule fructose metabolism is key to fructose-induced hypertension, but the roles of sex and stress are unclear. We hypothesized that females are resistant to the salt-sensitive hypertension caused by low amounts of dietary fructose compared to males and that the magnitude of the increase in blood pressure (BP) depends, in part, on amplification of the stress response of renal sympathetic nerves. We measured systolic BP (SBP) in rats fed high salt with either no sugar (HS), 20% glucose (GHS) or 20% fructose (FHS) in the drinking water for 7-8 days. FHS increased SBP in both males (Δ22 ± 9 mmHg; p < 0.046) and females (Δ16 ± 3 mmHg; p < 0.0007), while neither GHS nor HS alone induced changes in SBP in either sex. The FHS-induced increase in SBP as measured by telemetry in the absence of added stress (8 ± 2 mmHg) was significantly lower than that measured by plethysmography (24 ± 5 mmHg) (p < 0.014). However, when BP was measured by telemetry simulating the stress of plethysmography, the increase in SBP was significantly greater (15 ± 3 mmHg) than under low stress (8 ± 1 mmHg) (p < 0.014). Moderate-stress also increased telemetric diastolic (p < 0.006) and mean BP (p < 0.006) compared to low-stress in FHS-fed animals. Norepinephrine excretion was greater in FHS-fed rats than HS-fed animals (Male: 6.4 ± 1.7 vs.1.8 ± 0.4 nmole/kg/day; p < 0.02. Female 54 ± 18 vs. 1.2 ± 0.6; p < 0.02). We conclude that fructose-induced salt-sensitive hypertension is similar in males and females unlike other forms of hypertension, and the increase in blood pressure depends in part on an augmented response of the sympathetic nervous system to stress.
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- Autumn Brostek
- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClevelandOhioUSA
- Department of Nephrology and HypertensionCleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney InstituteClevelandOhioUSA
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Kuczeriszka M, Wąsowicz K. Animal models of hypertension: The status of nitric oxide and oxidative stress and the role of the renal medulla. Nitric Oxide 2022; 125-126:40-46. [PMID: 35700961 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2022.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hypertension significantly contributes to overall morbidity and mortality worldwide, and animal models of hypertension provide important tools to verify the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of the disease. A review of the most important models available would provide an insight into the appropriate targets to be addressed in the treatment of different forms of human hypertension. In the animal models discussed a special attention is given to the status and pathophysiological role of nitric oxide and its interaction with reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress. Another focus of the review are the processes running in the renal medulla which are still insufficiently explored. Deficient nitric oxide synthesis and its reduced bioavailability are important determinants of hypertension since NO is recognized as a major control factor of vascular tone homeostasis. For decades perfusion of the renal medulla has also been regarded as one of the blood pressure control factors and, noteworthily, the renal medulla belongs to the tissues with the highest NO content. The list of most often applied animal hypertension models reviewed here includes variants of salt-induced hypertension, the models with genetic background: such as spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Dahl salt sensitive (SS/SR) rats, Goldblatt 2K-1C hypertensive rats, and also the pharmacologically-plus-dietary salt-induced model known as DOCA-salt hypertension.
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- Marta Kuczeriszka
- Department of Renal and Body Fluid Physiology, M. Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, A. Pawinskiego 5, Poland.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Forensic Veterinary Medicine and Administration, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719, Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13, Poland
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Zheng H, Katsurada K, Nandi S, Li Y, Patel KP. A Critical Role for the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus in the Regulation of the Volume Reflex in Normal and Various Cardiovascular Disease States. Curr Hypertens Rep 2022; 24:235-246. [PMID: 35384579 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-022-01187-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review focuses on studies implicating forebrain neural pathways and neuromodulator systems, particularly, the nitric oxide system within the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in regulating neurohumoral drive, autonomic pathways, and fluid balance. RECENT FINDINGS Accumulating evidence from animals with experimental models of hypertension and heart failure as well as humans with hypertension suggests that alterations in central neural pathways, particularly, within the PVN neuromodulated by neuronal nitric oxide, are involved in regulating sympathetic outflow particularly to the kidney resulting in alterations in fluid balance commonly observed in hypertension and heart failure states. The characteristics of the hypertensive and heart failure states include alterations in neuronal nitric oxide within the PVN to cause an increase in renal sympathetic nerve activity to result in sodium and fluid retention in these diseases. A comprehensive understanding of these mechanisms will enhance our ability to treat hypertensive and heart failure conditions and their cardiovascular complications more efficiently.
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- Hong Zheng
- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, SD 57069, Vermillion, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5850, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5850, USA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, SD 57069, Vermillion, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5850, USA.
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Acupuncture Attenuates Blood Pressure via Inducing the Expression of nNOS. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2021; 2021:9945277. [PMID: 34239595 PMCID: PMC8235963 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9945277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Sympathetic activation leads to elevated blood pressure. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibits sympathetic nervous system activity, thereby decreasing blood pressure (BP). nNOS is highly expressed in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG), which play essential roles in the regulation of the cardiovascular and sympathetic nervous systems. Objective This study was designed to verify the hypothesis that acupuncture exerts an antihypertensive effect via increasing the expression of nNOS in ARC and vlPAG of spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. Methods Rats without anesthesia were subject to daily acupuncture for 2 weeks. BP was monitored by the tail-cuff method. nNOS expressions in the ARC and vlPAG were detected by western blot and immunofluorescence. BP was measured after 7-Nitroindazole (7-NI), a specific nNOS inhibitor, was microinjected into ARC or vlPAG in SHR rats treated with acupuncture. Results Acupuncture for 14 days significantly attenuated BP, and the Taichong (LR3) acupoint was superior to Zusanli (ST36) and Fengchi (GB20) in lowering BP. In addition, acupuncture at Taichong (LR3) induced an increase of nNOS expression in ARC and vlPAG, whereas microinjection of 7-NI into ARC or vlPAG reversed the antihypertensive effect of acupuncture. Conclusions This study indicates that acupuncture at Taichong (LR3) induces a better antihypertensive effect than at Zusanli (ST36) or at Fengchi (GB20) in SHR rats, and enhancement of nNOS in ARC and vlPAG probably contributes to the antihypertensive effect of acupuncture.
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Bian R, Gong J, Li J, Li P. Relaxin increased blood pressure and sympathetic activity in paraventricular nucleus of hypertensive rats via enhancing oxidative stress. Peptides 2021; 141:170550. [PMID: 33839220 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2021.170550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Relaxin, an ovarian polypeptide hormone, is found in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) which is an important central integrative site for the control of blood pressure and sympathetic outflow. The aim of this study was to determine if superoxide anions modulate the effects of relaxin in the PVN. Experiments were performed in normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Relaxin mRNA and protein, and its receptor, relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1) levels in PVN were 3.24, 3.17, and 3.64 times higher in SHRs than in WKY rats, respectively. Microinjection of relaxin-2 into the PVN dose-dependently increased mean arterial pressure (MAP), renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and heart rate (HR) in both WKY rats and SHRs, although the effects on MAP (16.87 ± 1.99 vs. 8.97 ± 1.48 mm Hg in 100 nmol), RSNA (22.60 ± 2.15 vs. 11.77 ± 1.43 % in 100 nmol) and HR (22.85 ± 3.13 vs. 12.62 ± 2.83 beats/min in 100 nmol) were greater in SHRs. Oxidative stress level was enhanced after relaxin-2 microinjection into the PVN. Pretreatment with superoxide anion scavengers or NADPH oxidase inhibitor blocked, and superoxide dismutase inhibitor potentiated the effects of relaxin-2 on MAP, RSNA and HR. RXFP1 knockdown significantly attenuated the blood pressure of SHRs, and inhibited the increases of atrial natriuretic peptide, brain natriuretic peptide, collagen I, collagen III and fibronectin in the heart of SHRs. These results demonstrated that relaxin is expressed in the PVN, and contributes to hypertension and sympathetic overdrive via oxidative stress. Down-regulation of RXFP1 in the PVN could attenuate hypertension and cardiac remodeling.
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- Rong Bian
- Center of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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Liskova S. The organ-specific nitric oxide synthase activity in the interaction with sympathetic nerve activity: a hypothesis. Physiol Res 2021; 70:169-175. [PMID: 33992046 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) is augmented in hypertension. SNA is regulated by neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) or endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity in hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei (PVN) and/or brainstem rostral ventrolateral medulla. High nNOS or eNOS activity within these brain regions lowers the SNA, whereas low cerebral nNOS and/or eNOS activity causes SNA augmentation. We hypothesize that the decreased cerebral nNOS/eNOS activity, which allows the enhancement of SNA, leads to the augmentation of renal eNOS/nNOS activity. Similarly, when the cerebral nNOS/eNOS activity is increased and SNA is suppressed, the renal eNOS/nNOS activity is suppressed as well. The activation of endothelial alpha(2)-adrenoceptors, may be a possible mechanism involved in the proposed regulation. Another possible mechanism might be based on nitric oxide, which acts as a neurotransmitter that tonically activates afferent renal nerves, leading to a decreased nNOS activity in PVN. Furthermore, the importance of the renal nNOS/eNOSactivity during renal denervation is discussed. In conclusion, the presented hypothesis describes the dual organ-specific role of eNOS/nNOS activity in blood pressure regulation and suggests possible connection between cerebral NOS and renal NOS via activation or inhibition of SNA, which is an innovative idea in the concept of pathophysiology of hypertension.
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- S Liskova
- Institute of Pharmacol Clin Pharmacol, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. ,
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Ally A, Powell I, Ally MM, Chaitoff K, Nauli SM. Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase on cardiovascular functions in physiological and pathophysiological states. Nitric Oxide 2020; 102:52-73. [PMID: 32590118 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This review describes and summarizes the role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) on the central nervous system, particularly on brain regions such as the ventrolateral medulla (VLM) and the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG), and on blood vessels and the heart that are involved in the regulation and control of the cardiovascular system (CVS). Furthermore, we shall also review the functional aspects of nNOS during several physiological, pathophysiological, and clinical conditions such as exercise, pain, cerebral vascular accidents or stroke and hypertension. For example, during stroke, a cascade of molecular, neurochemical, and cellular changes occur that affect the nervous system as elicited by generation of free radicals and nitric oxide (NO) from vulnerable neurons, peroxide formation, superoxides, apoptosis, and the differential activation of three isoforms of nitric oxide synthases (NOSs), and can exert profound effects on the CVS. Neuronal NOS is one of the three isoforms of NOSs, the others being endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS) enzymes. Neuronal NOS is a critical homeostatic component of the CVS and plays an important role in regulation of different systems and disease process including nociception. The functional and physiological roles of NO and nNOS are described at the beginning of this review. We also elaborate the structure, gene, domain, and regulation of the nNOS protein. Both inhibitory and excitatory role of nNOS on the sympathetic autonomic nervous system (SANS) and parasympathetic autonomic nervous system (PANS) as mediated via different neurotransmitters/signal transduction processes will be explored, particularly its effects on the CVS. Because the VLM plays a crucial function in cardiovascular homeostatic mechanisms, the neuroanatomy and cardiovascular regulation of the VLM will be discussed in conjunction with the actions of nNOS. Thereafter, we shall discuss the up-to-date developments that are related to the interaction between nNOS and cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and stroke. Finally, we shall focus on the role of nNOS, particularly within the PAG in cardiovascular regulation and neurotransmission during different types of pain stimulus. Overall, this review focuses on our current understanding of the nNOS protein, and provides further insights on how nNOS modulates, regulates, and controls cardiovascular function during both physiological activity such as exercise, and pathophysiological conditions such as stroke and hypertension.
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- Ahmmed Ally
- Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR, USA.
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- All American Institute of Medical Sciences, Black River, Jamaica
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- Interventional Rehabilitation of South Florida, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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- Chapman University and University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Zhao Y, Li Y, Li Z, Xu B, Chen P, Yang X. Superoxide anions modulate the performance of apelin in the paraventricular nucleus on sympathetic activity and blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Peptides 2019; 121:170051. [PMID: 30582943 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The present study was designed to determine how apelin in paraventricular nucleus (PVN) modulates the renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), arterial blood pressure (ABP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR), and whether superoxide anions regulate the performance of PVN apelin in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Acute experiment was carried out with 13-week-old male Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and SHRs under anaesthesia. RSNA, ABP, MAP and HR after PVN microinjection were measured. Apelin microinjection into PVN increased RSNA, ABP, MAP and HR in WKY rats and SHRs, more obviously in SHRs. APJ antagonist F13A decreased the RSNA, ABP, MAP and HR in SHRs, and inhibited the effects of apelin. Apelin and APJ mRNA levels were higher in the PVN in SHRs. PVN microinjection of superoxide anion scavengers tempol and tiron, or NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor apocynin, decreased the RSNA, ABP, MAP and HR in SHRs, and inhibited the effects of apelin, but the superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamic acid (DETC) potentiated the effects of apelin. NAD(P)H oxidase activity and superoxide anion levels in PVN were increased by apelin, but decreased by APJ antagonist F13A. The apelin-induced increases in NAD(P)H oxidase activity and superoxide anion level were abolished by pre-treatment with F13A. These results indicate that apelin in PVN increases the sympathetic outflow and blood pressure via activating APJ receptor. The enhanced activity of endogenous apelin and APJ receptor in PVN contributes to sympathetic activation in hypertension, and the superoxide anion is involved in these apelin-mediated processes in PVN.
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- Yuewu Zhao
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Department of Cardiology, Xuzhou No. 1 People's Hospital, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Dombrowski M, Mannozzi J, O'Leary DS. Neural Control of Cardiovascular Function During Exercise in Hypertension. Front Physiol 2019; 9:1829. [PMID: 30618837 PMCID: PMC6306405 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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During both static and dynamic exercise hypertensive subjects can experience robust increases in arterial pressure to such an extent that heavy exercise is often not recommended in these patients due to the dangerously high levels of blood pressure sometimes observed. Currently, the mechanisms mediating this cardiovascular dysfunction during exercise in hypertension are not fully understood. The major reflexes thought to mediate the cardiovascular responses to exercise in normotensive healthy subjects are central command, arterial baroreflex and responses to stimulation of skeletal muscle mechano-sensitive and metabo-sensitive afferents. This review will summarize our current understanding of the roles of these reflexes and their interactions in mediating the altered cardiovascular responses to exercise observed in hypertension. We conclude that much work is needed to fully understand the mechanisms mediating excessive pressor response to exercise often seen in hypertensive patients.
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- Maryetta Dombrowski
- Department of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
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Li C, Chang Q, Zhang J, Chai W. Effects of slow breathing rate on heart rate variability and arterial baroreflex sensitivity in essential hypertension. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e0639. [PMID: 29718876 PMCID: PMC6392805 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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This study is to investigate the effects of slow breathing on heart rate variability (HRV) and arterial baroreflex sensitivity in essential hypertension.We studied 60 patients with essential hypertension and 60 healthy controls. All subjects underwent controlled breathing at 8 and 16 breaths per minute. Electrocardiogram, respiratory, and blood pressure signals were recorded simultaneously. We studied effects of slow breathing on heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory peak, high-frequency (HF) power, low-frequency (LF) power, and LF/HF ratio of HRV with traditional and corrected spectral analysis. Besides, we tested whether slow breathing was capable of modifying baroreflex sensitivity in hypertensive subjects.Slow breathing, compared with 16 breaths per minute, decreased the heart rate and blood pressure (all P < .05), and shifted respiratory peak toward left (P < .05). Compared to 16 breaths/minute, traditional spectral analysis showed increased LF power and LF/HF ratio, decreased HF power of HRV at 8 breaths per minute (P < .05). As breathing rate decreased, corrected spectral analysis showed increased HF power, decreased LF power, LF/HF ratio of HRV (P < .05). Compared to controls, resting baroreflex sensitivity decreased in hypertensive subjects. Slow breathing increased baroreflex sensitivity in hypertensive subjects (from 59.48 ± 6.39 to 78.93 ± 5.04 ms/mm Hg, P < .05) and controls (from 88.49 ± 6.01 to 112.91 ± 7.29 ms/mm Hg, P < .05).Slow breathing can increase HF power and decrease LF power and LF/HF ratio in essential hypertension. Besides, slow breathing increased baroreflex sensitivity in hypertensive subjects. These demonstrate slow breathing is indeed capable of shifting sympatho-vagal balance toward vagal activities and increasing baroreflex sensitivity, suggesting a safe, therapeutic approach for essential hypertension.
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- Cardiovascular Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China
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Lu QB, Sun J, Kang Y, Sun HJ, Wang HS, Wang Y, Zhu GQ, Zhou YB. Superoxide Anions and NO in the Paraventricular Nucleus Modulate the Cardiac Sympathetic Afferent Reflex in Obese Rats. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 19:ijms19010059. [PMID: 29280941 PMCID: PMC5796009 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 12/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This study was conducted to explore the hypothesis that the endogenous superoxide anions (O2−) and nitric oxide (NO) system of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) regulates the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) contributing to sympathoexcitation in obese rats induced by a high-fat diet (42% kcal as fat) for 12 weeks. CSAR was evaluated by monitoring the changes of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and the mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to the epicardial application of capsaicin (CAP) in anaesthetized rats. In obese rats with hypertension (OH group) or without hypertension (OB group), the levels of PVN O2−, angiotensinII (Ang II), Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R), and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase were elevated, whereas neural NO synthase (nNOS) and NO were significantly reduced. Moreover, CSAR was markedly enhanced, which promoted the elevation of plasma norepinephrine levels. The enhanced CSAR was attenuated by PVN application of the superoxide scavenger polyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase (PEG-SOD) and the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), and was strengthened by the superoxide dismutase inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamic acid (DETC) and the nNOS inhibitor N(ω)-propyl-l-arginine hydrochloride (PLA); conversely, there was a smaller CSAR response to PLA or SNP in rats that received a low-fat (12% kcal) diet. Furthermore, PVN pretreatment with the AT1R antagonist losartan or with PEG-SOD, but not SNP, abolished Ang II-induced CSAR enhancement. These findings suggest that obesity alters the PVN O2− and NO system that modulates CSAR and promotes sympathoexcitation.
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- Qing-Bo Lu
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Waldman BM, Augustyniak RA, Chen H, Rossi NF. Effects of voluntary exercise on blood pressure, angiotensin II, aldosterone, and renal function in two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats. Integr Blood Press Control 2017; 10:41-51. [PMID: 29238217 PMCID: PMC5713705 DOI: 10.2147/ibpc.s147122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Spontaneous dynamic exercise promotes sympathoinhibition and decreases arterial pressure in two-kidney, one-clip (2K-1C) hypertensive rats. Renal sympathetic nerves stimulate renin secretion and increase renal tubular sodium reabsorption. We hypothesized that daily voluntary wheel running exercise by 2K-1C rats will decrease mean arterial pressure (MAP), plasma angiotensin II (Ang II), and aldosterone as well as normalize urinary sodium and potassium excretion independent of changes in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Five-week-old male Sprague Dawley rats underwent sham clipping (Sham) or right renal artery clipping (2K-1C). Rats were randomized to standard caging (SED) or cages with running wheels (EX). After 12 weeks, rats were assigned to either collection of aortic blood for measurement of Ang II and aldosterone or assessment of inulin clearances and excretory function. Running distances were comparable in both EX groups. MAP was lower in 2K-1C EX vs 2K-1C SED rats (P<0.05). Plasma Ang II and aldosterone were significantly higher in 2K-1C SED rats and decreased in 2K-1C EX rats to levels similar to Sham SED or Sham EX rats. Clipped kidney weights were significantly lower in both 2K-1C groups, but GFR and urine flow rates were no different from right and left kidneys among the four groups. Total and fractional sodium excretion rates from the unclipped kidney of 2K-1C SED rats were higher vs either Sham group (P<0.05). Values in 2K-1C EX rats were similar to the Sham groups. Potassium excretion paralleled sodium excretion. These studies show that voluntary dynamic exercise in 2K-1C rats decreases plasma Ang II and aldosterone, which contribute to the lower arterial pressure without deleterious effects on GFR. The effects on sodium excretion underscore the impact of pressure natriuresis despite elevated plasma Ang II and aldosterone in sedentary 2K-1C rats. In contrast, potassium excretion is primarily regulated by circulating aldosterone and distal sodium delivery.
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- Brian M Waldman
- Department of Internal Medicine.,Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Internal Medicine.,Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas, Spartanburg, SC
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- Department of Internal Medicine.,Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Internal Medicine.,Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.,Department of Internal Medicine, John D Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA
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Farrokhi E, Shafei MN, Khajavirad A, Hosseini M, Bideskan ARE. Role of the Nitrergic System of the Cuneiform Nucleus in Cardiovascular Responses in Urethane-Anesthetized Male Rats. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2017; 42:473-480. [PMID: 29234180 PMCID: PMC5722965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The presence of nitric oxide (NO) in the cuneiform nucleus (CnF) has been previously shown. In this study, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (an inhibitor of NO synthase), L-arginine (L-Arg) (a precursor of NO), and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) (a donor of NO) were microinjected into the CnF and cardiovascular responses were investigated. METHODS Seventy male rats were divided into 7 groups (n=10 each): 1) saline, 2 and 3) L-NAME (30 and 90 nmol), 4 and 5) L-Arg (20 and 60 nmol), and 6 and 7) SNP (9 and 27 nmol). After anesthesia, the femoral artery was cannulated and cardiovascular parameters were recorded using a PowerLab system. Time course changes in mean arterial pressure (ΔMAP) and heart rate (ΔHR) were calculated and compared with those in the control group (repeated measures ANOVA). Maximum ∆MAP and ∆HR were also compared with those in the control group (independent sample t test). RESULTS ∆MAP with both doses of L-NAME (30: P=0.026 and 90: P=0.007) and ∆HR with the higher dose (P=0.034) were significantly higher than those in the control group. Maximal ∆MAP with both doses (P<0.01 and P<0.001, n=10) and maximal ∆HR with the higher dose (P<0.01) were significantly higher than those in the control group. Changes in L-Arg with both doses were not significantly higher than those in the control group (P=0.26, n=8). ∆MAP and ∆HR of SNP only with the higher dose were significantly lower than those in the control group (P=0.006 and P=0.035), and maximal responses with the higher dose were lower than those in the control group (∆MAP: P<0.01 and ∆ HR: P<0.05, n=7). CONCLUSION Our results showed that the nitrergic system of the CnF had an inhibitory effect on central cardiovascular regulation.
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- Esmaeil Farrokhi
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurocognetive Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Shafei MN, Nikyar T, Hosseini M, Niazmand S, Paseban M. Cardiovascular effects of nitrergic system of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in anesthetized rats. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2017; 20:776-782. [PMID: 28852442 PMCID: PMC5569585 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2017.9009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Nitric oxide (NO) is an important neurotransmitter in central nervous system involved in central cardiovascular regulation. The presence of NO in the pedunculopontine tegmental (PPT) nucleus has been shown, but its cardiovascular effect has not been determined. In the present study, the cardiovascular effect of NO in the PPT nucleus was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS After induction of anesthesia, a polyethylene catheter (PE-50) filled with heparinized saline inserted into the femoral artery, and the blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were continuously recorded. Animals were then placed in a stereotaxic apparatus and maximum changes of mean arterial pressure (∆MAP) and heart rate (∆HR) after microinjection of two doses of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 30 and 90 nmol), L-arginine (L-Arg 10 and 50 nmol) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 9 and 27 nmol) into the PPT were provided and compared with control group (One-way ANOVA). RESULTS Both doses of L-NAME significantly increased ∆MAP compared to control (P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively). ∆HR only in higher dose (90 nmol) significantly increased compared to control (P<0.05). Two doses of L-Arg (10 and 50 nmol/150 nl) had no significant effect on ∆MAP or ∆HR. Higher dose of SNP (27 nmol) significantly decreased ∆MAP (P<0.05) and its both doses significantly decreased ∆HR compared to control (P<0.05 and P<0.001, respectively). Effect of higher dose on ∆HR was significantly higher than the lower dose (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Our results show an inhibitory effect of the nitrergic system of the PPT on central cardiovascular system.
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- Mohammad Naser Shafei
- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurocognitive Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Puzserova A, Bernatova I. Blood pressure regulation in stress: focus on nitric oxide-dependent mechanisms. Physiol Res 2017; 65:S309-S342. [PMID: 27775419 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Stress is considered a risk factor associated with the development of various civilization diseases including cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumors and mental disorders. Research investigating mechanisms involved in stress-induced hypertension have attracted much attention of physicians and researchers, however, there are still ambiguous results concerning a causal relationship between stress and long-term elevation of blood pressure (BP). Several studies have observed that mechanisms involved in the development of stress-induced hypertension include increased activity of sympathetic nervous system (SNS), glucocorticoid (GC) overload and altered endothelial function including decreased nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. Nitric oxide is well known neurotransmitter, neuromodulator and vasodilator involved in regulation of neuroendocrine mechanisms and cardiovascular responses to stressors. Thus NO plays a crucial role in the regulation of the stress systems and thereby in the BP regulation in stress. Elevated NO synthesis, especially in the initial phase of stress, may be considered a stress-limiting mechanism, facilitating the recovery from stress to the resting levels via attenuation of both GC release and SNS activity as well as by increased NO-dependent vasorelaxation. On the other hand, reduced levels of NO were observed in the later phases of stress and in subjects with genetic predisposition to hypertension, irrespectively, in which reduced NO bioavailability may account for disruption of NO-mediated BP regulatory mechanisms and accentuated SNS and GC effects. This review summarizes current knowledge on the role of stress in development of hypertension with a special focus on the interactions among NO and other biological systems affecting blood pressure and vascular function.
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- A Puzserova
- Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Żera T, Nowiński A, Kwiatkowski P. Centrally administered TNF increases arterial blood pressure independently of nitric oxide synthase. Neuropeptides 2016; 58:67-72. [PMID: 27241175 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Emerging evidence indicates that increased levels of TNF in the brain are associated with hypertension. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is involved in the central control of the cardiovascular system, exerting both pro- and antihypertensive effects. TNF induces hypothalamic synthesis of nitric oxide. AIM We checked if acutely administered TNF into the cerebral ventricles affects arterial blood pressure, heart rate and baroreflex sensitivity, and whether TNF actions are dependent on NOS in normotensive rats. METHODS We carried out hemodynamic measurements in 6 groups of freely moving, adult Sprague-Dawley male rats, intracerebroventricularly (ICV) infused with either: 1) saline (5μl/h); 2) TNF (200ng/5μl/h); 3) non-selective NO synthase inhibitor - l-NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester (l-NAME) (1mg/5μl/h); 4) TNF together with l-NAME (200ng and 1mg/5μl/h, respectively); 5) neuronal NO synthase inhibitor - 7-nitroindazole sodium salt (7-NI) (20μg/10μl/h); 6) or TNF together with 7-NI (200ng and 20μg/10μl/h, respectively). Mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), heart rate (HR) and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (sBRS) evaluated by the sequence method were analysed. RESULTS ICV infusion of TNF caused a significant increase in MABP accompanied by a transient increase in HR, and a decrease in sBRS. ICV infusion of l-NAME increased MABP, but it did not change HR, nor sBRS. ICV infusion of 7-NI did not affect MABP, nor HR, nor sBRS. TNF administered together with l-NAME increased MABP with a transient increase in HR without changes of sBRS. Similarly, ICV infusion of TNF with 7-NI increased MABP without changes in HR and sBRS. CONCLUSIONS Centrally administered TNF increases MABP and HR and blunts sBRS. The pressor effect of TNF appears to be independent of NOS activity in the brain. Inhibition of nNOS restores sBRS in TNF treated rats.
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- Tymoteusz Żera
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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Lee J, Bae EH, Ma SK, Kim SW. Altered Nitric Oxide System in Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases. Chonnam Med J 2016; 52:81-90. [PMID: 27231671 PMCID: PMC4880583 DOI: 10.4068/cmj.2016.52.2.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is synthesized by a family of NO synthases (NOS), including neuronal, inducible, and endothelial NOS (n/i/eNOS). NO-mediated effects can be beneficial or harmful depending on the specific risk factors affecting the disease. In hypertension, the vascular relaxation response to acetylcholine is blunted, and that to direct NO donors is maintained. A reduction in the activity of eNOS is mainly responsible for the elevation of blood pressure, and an abnormal expression of iNOS is likely to be related to the progression of vascular dysfunction. While eNOS/nNOS-derived NO is protective against the development of atherosclerosis, iNOS-derived NO may be proatherogenic. eNOS-derived NO may prevent the progression of myocardial infarction. Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury is significantly enhanced in eNOS-deficient animals. An important component of heart failure is the loss of coronary vascular eNOS activity. A pressure-overload may cause severer left ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction in eNOS null mice than in wild-type mice. iNOS-derived NO has detrimental effects on the myocardium. NO plays an important role in regulating the angiogenesis and slowing the interstitial fibrosis of the obstructed kidney. In unilateral ureteral obstruction, the expression of eNOS was decreased in the affected kidney. In triply n/i/eNOS null mice, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus developed along with reduced aquaporin-2 abundance. In chronic kidney disease model of subtotal-nephrectomized rats, treatment with NOS inhibitors decreased systemic NO production and induced left ventricular systolic dysfunction (renocardiac syndrome).
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- JongUn Lee
- Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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Rossi NF, Pajewski R, Chen H, Littrup PJ, Maliszewska-Scislo M. Hemodynamic and neural responses to renal denervation of the nerve to the clipped kidney by cryoablation in two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 310:R197-208. [PMID: 26582638 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00331.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Renal artery stenosis is increasing in prevalence. Angioplasty plus stenting has not proven to be better than medical management. There has been a reluctance to use available denervation methodologies in this condition. We studied conscious, chronically instrumented, two-kidney, one-clip (2K-1C) Goldblatt rats, a model of renovascular hypertension, to test the hypothesis that renal denervation by cryoablation (cryo-DNX) of the renal nerve to the clipped kidney decreases mean arterial pressure (MAP), plasma and tissue ANG II, and contralateral renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). Five-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sham (ShC) or right renal artery clipping (2K-1C), placement of telemetry transmitters, and pair-feeding with a 0.4% NaCl diet. After 6 wk, rats were randomly assigned to cryo-DNX or sham cryotreatment (sham DNX) of the renal nerve to the clipped kidney. MAP was elevated in 2K-1C and decreased significantly in both ShC cryo-DNX and 2K-1C cryo-DNX. Tissue norepinephrine was ∼85% lower in cryo-DNX kidneys. Plasma ANG II was higher in 2K-1C sham DNX but not in 2K-1C cryo-DNX vs ShC. Renal tissue ANG II in the clipped kidney decreased after cryo-DNX. Baseline integrated RSNA of the unclipped kidney was threefold higher in 2K-1C versus ShC and decreased in 2K-1C cryo-DNX to values similar to ShC. Maximum reflex response of RSNA to baroreceptor unloading in 2K-1C was lower after cryo-DNX. Thus, denervation by cryoablation of the renal nerve to the clipped kidney decreases not only MAP but also plasma and renal tissue ANG II levels and RSNA to the contralateral kidney in conscious, freely moving 2K-1C rats.
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- Noreen F Rossi
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan; John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan; and,
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Radiology, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, Michigan
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Combined Aliskiren and L-arginine treatment reverses renovascular hypertension in an animal model. Hypertens Res 2015; 38:471-7. [PMID: 25740291 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2015.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Renovascular hypertension is characterized by increased renal sympathetic activity, angiotensin II and by endothelial dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in mediating the anti-hypertensive effects of aliskiren (ALSK) and L-arginine (L-ARG) in a rat renovascular hypertension model. Hypertension was induced by clipping the right renal artery, and the following five groups were divided: SHAM operated; 2-kidney, 1-clip (2K1C); 2K1C plus ALSK; 2K1C plus L-ARG; and 2K1C plus ALSK+ L-ARG. The systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 2K1C rats increased from 114.4±5.2 to 204±12.7 mm Hg (P<0.05) and was only reduced by ALSK+L-ARG treatment (138.4±4.37 mm Hg). The 2K1C hypertension increased the baseline RSNA (SHAM: 62.4±6.39 vs. 2K1C: 97.4±8.43%). L-ARG or ALSK+L-ARG treatment significantly decreased baseline RSNA (2K1C L-ARG:70.7±2.39; 2K1C ALSK+L-ARG: 69.3±4.23%), but ALSK treatment alone did not (2K1C ALSK: 84.2±2.5%). Urinary water, Na(+), Cl(-) and urea excretion were similar in the 2K1C L-ARG, 2K1C ALSK+L-ARG and SHAM groups. The combination of ALSK+L-ARG restored urine flow and increased the glomerular filtration rate. The nNOS expression in the non clipped kidney was significantly increased in 2K1C ALSK+L-ARG rats. In conclusion, combined ALSK+L-ARG treatment normalizes SBP and prevents renal dysfunction in 2K1C hypertensive rats.
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The role of sympathetic nerve activity in hypertension is currently receiving increased attention, because catheter-based renal denervation was recently shown to reduce blood pressure safely in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension. The central nervous system, which regulates sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure, is pivotal. Central sympathoexcitation has been shown to be deeply involved in the pathogenesis of salt-sensitive hypertension, although its precise mechanisms have not yet been fully elucidated due to their complexity. Recently, a role for brain oxidative stress in sympathoexcitation has been suggested in some hypertensive animal models. We have demonstrated that increased brain oxidative stress may elevate arterial pressure through central sympathoexcitation in salt-sensitive hypertension. Several factors other than oxidative stress have also been shown to play important roles in central sympathetic activation. In the future, strategies may be developed to elicit a sympathetic inhibition by modulating these factors to prevent and manage salt-sensitive hypertension.
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- Megumi Fujita
- Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Xiong XQ, Chen WW, Zhu GQ. Adipose afferent reflex: sympathetic activation and obesity hypertension. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 210:468-78. [PMID: 24118791 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Excessive sympathetic activity contributes to the pathogenesis of hypertension and the progression of the related organ damage. Adipose afferent reflex (AAR) is a sympatho-excitatory reflex that the afferent activity from white adipose tissue (WAT) increases sympathetic outflow and blood pressure. Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN or PVH) is one of the central sites in the control of the AAR, and ionotropic glutamate receptors in the nucleus mediate the AAR. The AAR is enhanced in obesity and obesity hypertension. Enhanced WAT afferent activity and AAR contribute to the excessive sympathetic activation and hypertension in obesity. Blockage of the AAR attenuates the excessive sympathetic activity and hypertension. Leptin may be one of sensors in the WAT for the AAR, and is involved in the enhanced AAR in obesity and hypertension. This review focuses on the neuroanatomical basis and physiological functions of the AAR, and the important role of the enhanced AAR in the pathogenesis of obesity hypertension.
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- X.-Q. Xiong
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing 210029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing 210029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention; Department of Physiology; Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing 210029 China
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Li P, Sun HJ, Zhang LL, Ding L, Han Y, Zhu GQ, Zhou YB. Melanocortin 4 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus modulate the adipose afferent reflex in rat. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80295. [PMID: 24244673 PMCID: PMC3823614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background and Aim Paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of hypothalamus is an important central component in modulating adipose afferent reflex (AAR). Melanocortin receptors (MC3/4Rs) expressions are found in the hypothalamic PVN. This study was designed to determine the roles of MC3/4Rs in the PVN in modulating the AAR and its downstream signaling pathway in normal rats. Methodology/Principal Findings Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded in anaesthetized rats. AAR was evaluated using RSNA and MAP responses to capsaicin injection into the inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT). Microinjection of the MC3/4R agonist melanotan II (MTII) into the PVN enhanced the AAR. The MC3/4R antagonist SHU9119 or MC4R antagonist HS024 attenuated the AAR and abolished MTII-induced AAR response. The adenylate cyclase (AC) inhibitor SQ22536 or the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor Rp-cAMP attenuated the AAR and the effect of MTII on the AAR was abolished by pretreatment with SQ22536 or Rp-cAMP in the PVN. Furthermore, both PVN microinjection of MTII and iWAT injection of capsaicin increased the cAMP level in the PVN. SHU9119 in the PVN abolished the increase in cAMP level which induced by iWAT injection of capsaicin. Conclusion The activation of MC4Rs rather than MC3Rs enhances the AAR, and a cAMP-PKA pathway is involved in the effects of MC4Rs in the PVN.
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- Peng Li
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Rossi NF, Chen H, Maliszewska-Scislo M. Paraventricular nucleus control of blood pressure in two-kidney, one-clip rats: effects of exercise training and resting blood pressure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013; 305:R1390-400. [PMID: 24089375 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00546.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Exercise-induced changes in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) or nitric oxide signaling within the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) have not been studied in renovascular hypertension. We tested whether exercise training decreases mean arterial pressure (MAP) and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) in two-kidney, one-clip (2K-1C) hypertensive rats due to enhanced nitric oxide or GABA signaling within PVN. Conscious, unrestrained male Sprague-Dawley rats with either sham (Sham) or right renal artery clipping (2K-1C) were assigned to sedentary (SED) or voluntary wheel running (ExT) for 6 or 12 wk. MAP and angiotensin II (ANG II) were elevated in 2K-1C SED rats. The 2K-1C ExT rats displayed lower MAP at 6 wk that did not decline further by 12 wk. Plasma ANG II was lower in 2K-1C ExT rats. Increases in MAP, heart rate, and RSNA to blockade of PVN nitric oxide in 2K-1C SED rats were attenuated compared with either Sham group. Exercise training restored the responses in 2K-1C ExT rats. The increase in MAP in response to bicuculline was inversely correlated with baseline MAP. The rise in MAP was lower in 2K-1C SED vs. either Sham group and was normalized in the 2K-1C ExT rats. Paradoxically, heart rate and RSNA responses were not diminished in 2K-1C SED rats but were significantly lower in the 2K-1C ExT rats. Thus the decrease in arterial pressure in 2K-1C hypertension associated with exercise training is likely due to diminished excitatory inputs to PVN because of lower ANG II and higher nitritergic tone rather than enhanced GABA inhibition of sympathetic output.
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- Noreen F Rossi
- John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Sala-Mercado JA, Spranger MD, Abu-Hamdah R, Kaur J, Coutsos M, Stayer D, Augustyniak RA, O'Leary DS. Attenuated muscle metaboreflex-induced increases in cardiac function in hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H1548-54. [PMID: 24014673 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00478.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sympathoactivation may be excessive during exercise in subjects with hypertension, leading to increased susceptibility to adverse cardiovascular events, including arrhythmias, infarction, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. The muscle metaboreflex is a powerful cardiovascular reflex capable of eliciting marked increases in sympathetic activity during exercise. We used conscious, chronically instrumented dogs trained to run on a motor-driven treadmill to investigate the effects of hypertension on the mechanisms of the muscle metaboreflex. Experiments were performed before and 30.9 ± 4.2 days after induction of hypertension, which was induced via partial, unilateral renal artery occlusion. After induction of hypertension, resting mean arterial pressure was significantly elevated from 98.2 ± 2.6 to 141.9 ± 7.4 mmHg. The hypertension was caused by elevated total peripheral resistance. Although cardiac output was not significantly different at rest or during exercise after induction of hypertension, the rise in cardiac output with muscle metaboreflex activation was significantly reduced in hypertension. Metaboreflex-induced increases in left ventricular function were also depressed. These attenuated cardiac responses caused a smaller metaboreflex-induced rise in mean arterial pressure. We conclude that the ability of the muscle metaboreflex to elicit increases in cardiac function is impaired in hypertension, which may contribute to exercise intolerance.
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- Javier A Sala-Mercado
- Department of Physiology and The Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Sharma NM, Llewellyn TL, Zheng H, Patel KP. Angiotensin II-mediated posttranslational modification of nNOS in the PVN of rats with CHF: role for PIN. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H843-55. [PMID: 23832698 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00170.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An increased sympathetic drive is an adverse characteristic in chronic heart failure (CHF). The protein expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)- and hence nitric oxide (NO)-mediated sympathoinhibition is reduced in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of rats with CHF. However, the molecular mechanism(s) of nNOS downregulation remain(s) unclear. The aim of the study was to reveal the underlying molecular mechanism for the downregulation of nNOS in the PVN of CHF rats. Sprague-Dawley rats with CHF (6-8 wk after coronary artery ligation) demonstrated decreased nNOS dimer/monomer ratio (42%), with a concomitant increase in the expression of PIN (a protein inhibitor of nNOS known to dissociate nNOS dimers into monomers) by 47% in the PVN. Similarly, PIN expression is increased in a neuronal cell line (NG108) treated with angiotensin II (ANG II). Furthermore, there is an increased accumulation of high-molecular-weight nNOS-ubiquitin (nNOS-Ub) conjugates in the PVN of CHF rats (29%). ANG II treatment in NG108 cells in the presence of a proteasome inhibitor, lactacystin, also leads to a 69% increase in accumulation of nNOS-Ub conjugates immunoprecipitated by an antiubiquitin antibody. There is an ANG II-driven, PIN-mediated decrease in the dimeric catalytically active nNOS in the PVN, due to ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic degradation in CHF. Our results show a novel intermediary mechanism that leads to decreased levels of active nNOS in the PVN, involved in subsequent reduction in sympathoinhibition during CHF, offering a new target for the treatment of CHF and other cardiovascular diseases.
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- Neeru M Sharma
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Marques FZ, Morris BJ. Neurogenic hypertension: revelations from genome-wide gene expression profiling. Curr Hypertens Rep 2013; 14:485-91. [PMID: 22639016 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-012-0282-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There is now good evidence for a role of the sympathetic nervous system in the etiology of essential hypertension in humans. Although genetic variation is expected to underlie the elevated sympathetic outflow in this complex polygenic condition, only limited information has emerged from classic molecular genetic studies. Recently, progress has been made in understanding neurogenic aspects by determination of global alterations in gene expression in key brain regions of animal models of neurogenic hypertension. Such genome-wide expression studies in the hypothalamus and brainstem support roles for factors such as neuronal nitric oxide synthase, inflammation and reactive oxygen species. A role for non-coding RNAs such as microRNAs, and epigenetic alterations await exploration. Ongoing novel approaches should provide a better understanding of the processes responsible for the increased sympathetic outflow in animal models, as well as essential hypertension in humans. Such information may lead to better therapies for neurogenic hypertension in humans.
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Walkowska A, Sadowski J, Kompanowska-Jezierska E. Oxidative stress and neuronal NOS activity: putative determinants of rapid blood pressure increase after renal denervation in anesthetized rats. Physiol Res 2013; 62:257-66. [PMID: 23489187 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Long-term effects of renal denervation (DNX) commonly include a decrease in blood pressure (BP), observed in both normotensive animals and various models of hypertension. On the other hand, short term BP responses vary. We examined how post-DNX increase in BP observed in this study depends on baseline metabolic and functional status of animals, with a special interest for the role of oxidative stress. Anesthetized Wistar rats on standard (STD), low-sodium (LS) or high-sodium (HS) diet were used, untreated or pre-treated with tempol, a superoxide scavenger, or N(omega)-propyl-L-arginine (L-NPA), an inhibitor of neuronal NOS (nNOS). Early BP and renal hemodynamic responses were examined to right- and then left-side DNX performed using an own relatively non-invasive technique. Left kidney cortical, outer- and inner-medullary blood flows (CBF, OMBF, IMBF) were continuously recorded as laser-Doppler fluxes. Sequential denervations significantly increased BP to final 19 %, 12 %, and 6 % above control level in HS, LS, and STD groups, respectively. CBF, a measure of total renal perfusion, increased in LS and STD but not in HS rats. Tempol pretreatment prevented the post-denervation BP increase on each diet. Selective inhibition of nNOS prevented BP increase in STD and HS groups, a modest increase persisted in LS rats. We propose that enhanced afferent impulsation from intrarenal chemoreceptors related to oxidative stress in the kidney was the background for acute BP increase after DNX. The response was triggered by a release of brain sympatho-excitatory centers from inhibition by renal afferents, this was followed by widespread sympathetic cardiovascular stimulation.
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- Department of Renal and Body Fluid Physiology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Rafikova O, Rafikov R, Kumar S, Sharma S, Aggarwal S, Schneider F, Jonigk D, Black SM, Tofovic SP. Bosentan inhibits oxidative and nitrosative stress and rescues occlusive pulmonary hypertension. Free Radic Biol Med 2013; 56:28-43. [PMID: 23200808 PMCID: PMC3749888 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Revised: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) is a fatal disease marked by excessive pulmonary vascular cell proliferation. Patients with idiopathic PH express endothelin-1 (ET-1) at high levels in their lungs. As the activation of both types of ET-1 receptor (ETA and ETB) leads to increased generation of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, this may contribute to the severe oxidative stress found in PH patients. As a number of pathways may induce oxidative stress, the particular role of ET-1 remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether inhibition of ET-1 signaling could reduce pulmonary oxidative stress and attenuate the progression of disease in rats with occlusive-angioproliferative PH induced by a single dose of SU5416 (200 mg/kg) and subsequent exposure to hypoxia for 21 days. Using this regimen, animals developed severe PH as evidenced by a progressive increase in right-ventricle (RV) peak systolic pressure (RVPSP), severe RV hypertrophy, and pulmonary endothelial and smooth muscle cell proliferation, resulting in plexiform vasculopathy. PH rats also had increased oxidative stress, correlating with endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling and NADPH oxidase activation, leading to enhanced protein nitration and increases in markers of vascular remodeling. Treatment with the combined ET receptor antagonist bosentan (250 mg/kg/day; day 10 to 21) prevented further increase in RVPSP and RV hypertrophy, decreased ETA/ETB protein levels, reduced oxidative stress and protein nitration, and resulted in marked attenuation of pulmonary vascular cell proliferation. We conclude that inhibition of ET-1 signaling significantly attenuates the oxidative and nitrosative stress associated with PH and prevents its progression.
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- Olga Rafikova
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Tandai-Hiruma M, Kato K, Kemuriyama T, Ohta H, Tashiro A, Hagisawa K, Nishida Y. High blood pressure enhances brain stem neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2013; 40:197-204. [PMID: 23278407 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aims of the present study were to determine the mechanism underlying enhanced neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity in the brain of hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats and the consequences of enhanced nNOS activity. Male DSS rats were fed either a regular (0.4% NaCl) or high-salt (8% NaCl) diet, with or without 0.25% nifedipine, for 4 weeks. The effects of nifedipine, which lowers blood pressure peripherally, on central nNOS were determined by measuring nNOS activity, as well as the number of nNOS-positive neurons in the brain stem and diencephalon. The effects of chronic (12 days) infusion of 7 μg (0.5 μL/h, i.c.v.) S-methyl-L-thiocitrulline (SMTC; a stereoselective competitive nNOS inhibitor) on mean arterial pressure were assessed in conscious DSS rats using a radiotelemetry system. In addition, the number of central nNOS-positive neurons was compared between DSS and salt-insensitive Sprague-Dawley rats. Normalization of blood pressure by nifedipine attenuated the increase in nNOS activity in the brain stem of DSS rats. Chronic i.c.v. infusion of SMTC further enhanced hypertension in DSS rats. Feeding of a high-salt diet increased nNOS-positive neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus, rostral ventrolateral medulla and nucleus tractus solitarius of DSS compared with Sprague-Dawley rats, whereas nNOS-positive neurons in the paraventricular nucleus remained downregulated in DSS rats. The results of the present study suggest that hypertension, rather than a high-salt diet, increases central nNOS activity in hypertensive DSS rats to buffer high blood pressure. However, this compensatory response may be insufficient to relieve salt-induced hypertension.
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- Megumi Tandai-Hiruma
- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
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Sun HJ, Li P, Chen WW, Xiong XQ, Han Y. Angiotensin II and angiotensin-(1-7) in paraventricular nucleus modulate cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in renovascular hypertensive rats. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52557. [PMID: 23285085 PMCID: PMC3527547 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) is involved in the sympathetic activation that contributes to the pathogenesis and progression of hypertension. Activation of AT(1) receptors by angiotension (Ang) II in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) augments the enhanced CSAR and sympathetic outflow in hypertension. The present study is designed to determine whether Ang-(1-7) in PVN plays the similar roles as Ang II and the interaction between Ang-(1-7) and Ang II on CSAR in renovascular hypertension. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) method was used to induce renovascular hypertension. The CSAR was evaluated by the renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to epicardial application of capsaicin in sinoaortic-denervated and cervical-vagotomized rats with urethane and α-chloralose anesthesia. Either Ang II or Ang-(1-7) in PVN caused greater increases in RSNA and MAP, and enhancement in CSAR in 2K1C rats than in sham-operated (Sham) rats. Mas receptor antagonist A-779 and AT(1) receptor antagonist losartan induced opposite effects to Ang-(1-7) or Ang II respectively in 2K1C rats, but losartan had no effects in Sham rats. Losartan but not the A-779 abolished the effects of Ang II, while A-779 but not the losartan blocked the effects of Ang-(1-7). PVN pretreatment with Ang-(1-7) dose-dependently augmented the RSNA, MAP, and CSAR responses to the Ang II in 2K1C rats. Ang II level, AT(1) receptor and Mas receptor protein expression in PVN increased in 2K1C rats compared with Sham rats but Ang-(1-7) level did not. CONCLUSIONS Ang-(1-7) in PVN is as effective as Ang II in enhancing the CSAR and increasing sympathetic outflow and both endogenous Ang-(1-7) and Ang II in PVN contribute to the enhanced CSAR and sympathetic outflow in renovascular hypertension. Ang-(1-7) in PVN potentiates the effects of Ang II in renovascular hypertension.
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Han Y, Sun HJ, Li P, Gao Q, Zhou YB, Zhang F, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Angiotensin-(1-7) in paraventricular nucleus modulates sympathetic activity and cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in renovascular hypertensive rats. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48966. [PMID: 23139827 PMCID: PMC3489789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Excessive sympathetic activity contributes to the pathogenesis and progression of hypertension. Enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) is involved in sympathetic activation. This study was designed to determine the roles of angiotensin (Ang)-(1–7) in paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in modulating sympathetic activity and CSAR and its signal pathway in renovascular hypertension. Methodology/Principal Findings Renovascular hypertension was induced with two-kidney, one-clip method. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded in sinoaortic-denervated and cervical-vagotomized rats with anesthesia. CSAR was evaluated with the RSNA and MAP responses to epicardial application of capsaicin. PVN microinjection of Ang-(1–7) and cAMP analogue db-cAMP caused greater increases in RSNA and MAP, and enhancement in CSAR in hypertensive rats than in sham-operated rats, while Mas receptor antagonist A-779 produced opposite effects. There was no significant difference in the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) activity and Ang-(1–7) level in the PVN between sham-operated rats and hypertensive rats, but the Mas receptor protein expression in the PVN was increased in hypertensive rats. The effects of Ang-(1–7) were abolished by A-779, adenylyl cyclase inhibitor SQ22536 or protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor Rp-cAMP. SQ22536 or Rp-cAMP reduced RSNA and MAP in hypertensive rats, and attenuated the CSAR in both sham-operated and hypertensive rats. Conclusions Ang-(1–7) in the PVN increases RSNA and MAP and enhances the CSAR, which is mediated by Mas receptors. Endogenous Ang-(1–7) and Mas receptors contribute to the enhanced sympathetic outflow and CSAR in renovascular hypertension. A cAMP-PKA pathway is involved in the effects of Ang-(1–7) in the PVN.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Li P, Cui BP, Zhang LL, Sun HJ, Liu TY, Zhu GQ. Melanocortin 3/4 receptors in paraventricular nucleus modulate sympathetic outflow and blood pressure. Exp Physiol 2012; 98:435-43. [PMID: 22872662 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.067256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Central melanocortin 3/4 receptors (MC3/4Rs) are known to regulate energy balance. Activation of MC3/4Rs causes a greater increase in the firing activity of the PVN neurons in obese Zucker rats than in lean Zucker rats. The present study was undertaken to determine the roles of MC3/4Rs in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in modulating the sympathetic activity and blood pressure and its downstream pathway. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded in anaesthetized rats. Microinjection of the MC3/4R agonist melanotan II (MTII) into the PVN increased the RSNA and MAP. The MC3/4R antagonist agouti-related peptide (AgRP) or SHU9119 decreased the RSNA and MAP, but the MC4R antagonist HS024 had no significant effect on the RSNA and MAP. The effects of MTII were abolished by pretreatment of the PVN with AgRP, SHU9119, the adenylate cyclase inhibitor SQ22536 or the protein kinase A inhibitor Rp-cAMP, and substantially attenuated by HS024. Microinjection of SQ22536 alone into the PVN had no significant effect on the RSNA and MAP, but Rp-cAMP caused significant decreases in the RSNA and MAP. Furthermore, MTII increased the cAMP level in the PVN. These results indicate that activation of MC3/4Rs in the PVN increases the sympathetic outflow and blood pressure via the cAMP-protein kinase A pathway. Melanocortin 3 receptors in the PVN may exert a tonic excitatory effect on sympathetic activity.
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Northcott CA, Billecke S, Craig T, Hinojosa-Laborde C, Patel KP, Chen AF, D'Alecy LG, Haywood JR. Nitric oxide synthase, ADMA, SDMA, and nitric oxide activity in the paraventricular nucleus throughout the etiology of renal wrap hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H2276-84. [PMID: 22447945 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00562.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Within the paraventricular nucleus (PVN), there is a balance between the excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters that regulate blood pressure; in hypertension, the balance shifts to enhanced excitation. Nitric oxide (NO) is an atypical neurotransmitter that elicits inhibitory effects on cardiovascular function. We hypothesized that reduced PVN NO led to elevations in blood pressure during both the onset and sustained phases of hypertension due to decreased NO synthase (NOS) and increased asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA; an endogenous NOS inhibitor) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA). Elevated blood pressure, in response to PVN bilateral microinjections of a NO inhibitor, nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, was blunted in renal wrapped rats during the onset of hypertension (day 7) and sustained renal wrap hypertension (day 28) compared with sham-operated rats. Adenoviruses (Ad) encoding endothelial NOS (eNOS) or LacZ microinjected into the PVN [1 × 10(9) plaque-forming units, bilateral (200 nl/site)] reduced mean arterial pressure compared with control (Day 7, Ad LacZ wrap: 144 ± 7 mmHg and Ad eNOS wrap: 117 ± 5 mmHg, P ≤ 0.05) throughout the study (Day 28, Ad LacZ wrap: 123 ± 1 mmHg and Ad eNOS wrap: 108 ± 4 mmHg, P ≤ 0.05). Western blot analyses of PVN NOS revealed significantly lower PVN neuronal NOS during the onset of hypertension but not in sustained hypertension. Reduced SDMA was found in the PVN during the onset of hypertension; however, no change in ADMA was observed. In conclusion, functional indexes of NO activity indicated an overall downregulation of NO in renal wrap hypertension, but the mechanism by which this occurs likely differs throughout the development of hypertension.
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- Carrie A Northcott
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, USA
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Fujita M, Ando K, Kawarazaki H, Kawarasaki C, Muraoka K, Ohtsu H, Shimizu H, Fujita T. Sympathoexcitation by brain oxidative stress mediates arterial pressure elevation in salt-induced chronic kidney disease. Hypertension 2011; 59:105-12. [PMID: 22083162 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.182923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hypertension is very prevalent in chronic kidney disease and critical for its prognosis. Sympathoexcitation and oxidative stress have been demonstrated to be involved in chronic kidney disease. We have shown previously that sympathoexcitation by brain oxidative stress mediates arterial pressure elevation in the salt-sensitive hypertension model, Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Thus, we investigated whether sympathoexcitation by excessive brain oxidative stress could contribute to arterial pressure elevation in salt-induced chronic kidney disease model rats. Young (3-week-old) male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to a uninephrectomy or sham operation and then subjected to either a normal salt (0.5%) or high-salt (8.0%) diet for 4 weeks. The young salt-loaded uninephrectomized rats exhibited sympathoexcitation, hypertension, and renal injury, proteinuria and global glomerulosclerosis together with tubulointerstitial damage. Under urethane anesthesia and artificial ventilation, renal sympathetic nerve activity, arterial pressure, and heart rate decreased to a greater degree in the salt-loaded uninephrectomized rats than in the nonsalt-loaded uninephrectomized rats and the salt-loaded or nonsalt-loaded sham-operated rats, when Tempol, a membrane-permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic, was infused acutely into the lateral cerebral ventricle. Oxidative stress in the hypothalamus, measured by lucigenin chemiluminescence, was also significantly greater. Furthermore, in the salt-loaded uninephrectomized rats, antioxidant treatment with chronic intracerebroventricular Tempol decreased sympathetic nerve activity and arterial pressure, which, in turn, led to a decrease in renal damage. Similar effects were elicited by treatment with oral moxonidine, the central sympatholytic agent. In conclusion, sympathoexcitation by brain oxidative stress may mediate arterial pressure elevation in salt-induced chronic kidney disease.
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- Megumi Fujita
- Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
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Xu Y, Gao Q, Gan XB, Chen L, Zhang L, Zhu GQ, Gao XY. Endogenous hydrogen peroxide in paraventricular nucleus mediates sympathetic activation and enhanced cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in renovascular hypertensive rats. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:1282-92. [PMID: 21890522 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.059733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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An enhancement of the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSAR) contributes to sympathetic activation in renovascular hypertension. Angiotensin II in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) augments the CSAR and increases sympathetic outflow and blood pressure. The present study aimed to determine whether endogenous hydrogen peroxide in the PVN mediated the enhanced CSAR, sympathetic activity and the effects of angiotensin II in the PVN in renovascular hypertension induced by the two-kidney, one-clip method (2K1C) in rats. At the end of the fourth week, the rats underwent sino-aortic and vagal denervation under general anaesthesia with urethane and α-chloralose. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded. The CSAR was evaluated by the RSNA response to epicardial application of bradykinin. Microinjection of polyethylene glycol-catalase (PEG-CAT), an analogue of endogenous catalase, into the PVN decreased the RSNA and MAP and abolished the CSAR in both sham-operated and 2K1C rats. Microinjection into the PVN of the catalase inhibitor, aminotriazole, increased the RSNA and MAP and enhanced the CSAR. The effects of PEG-CAT or aminotriazole were greater in 2K1C rats than in sham-operated animals. The effects of angiotensin II in the PVN were abolished by pretreatment with PEG-CAT in both sham-operated and 2K1C rats; however, aminotriazole failed to potentiate the effects of angiotensin II. The catalase activity was decreased but the H(2)O(2) levels were increased in the PVN of 2K1C rats. These results indicate that endogenous H(2)O(2) in the PVN not only mediates the enhanced sympathetic activity and CSAR, but also the effects of angiotensin II in the PVN in renovascular hypertensive rats.
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- Yao Xu
- Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Gabor A, Leenen FHH. Mechanisms mediating sodium-induced pressor responses in the PVN of Dahl rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 301:R1338-49. [PMID: 21795639 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00246.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Intracerebroventricular infusion of Na(+)-rich artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) causes larger sympathetic and pressor responses in Dahl salt-sensitive (S) than -resistant (R) or Wistar rats. Enhanced activity of the aldosterone-"ouabain" pathway or decreased nitric oxide (NO) release may contribute to this enhanced responsiveness. Where in the brain these mechanisms interact is largely unknown. The present study evaluated whether Na(+) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) causes larger pressor responses in Dahl S (SS/Mcw) than R (Dahl SS.BN13) rats and whether mineralocorticoid receptors, benzamil-blockable Na(+) channels, "ouabain," angiotensin type 1 receptors, or NO mediates these enhanced responses. Na(+)-rich aCSF in the PVN caused 30-40% larger increases in blood pressure and heart rate in Dahl S than R or Wistar rats, whereas responses to ouabain, ANG II, or N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (l-NAME) in the PVN were the same. These responses to Na(+) were not affected by eplerenone, benzamil, or Fab fragments, whereas they were fully blocked by losartan, in Dahl S and R rats. l-NAME enhanced them more in Dahl R than S rats, thereby equalizing the responses in the two strains. Pressor responses to l-NAME in the PVN were attenuated by a high-salt diet in Dahl S, but not R, rats. The results indicate that acute and chronic increases in Na(+) concentration in the PVN inhibit NO release in the PVN of Dahl S, but not R, rats, thereby contributing to the enhanced pressor responses to Na(+) in Dahl S rats.
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- Alexander Gabor
- Hypertension Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Xu B, Chen WW, Fan ZD, Han Y, Xiong XQ, Gao XY, Zhu GQ. Responses of neurons in paraventricular nucleus to activation of cardiac afferents and acute myocardial ischaemia in rats. Exp Physiol 2011; 96:295-304. [DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.055475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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